Services Associate - Procurement Services-Hyderabad
Innovative professionals who enjoy procurement, sourcing, and vendor management can make an immediate impact in this role. As a Services Associate, Contracts and Procurement Services, you will support procurement lifecycle activities for Government and Public Services, including competitive bidding, sourcing support, proposal support, supplier coordination, and market analysis. You will help drive efficient procurement operations while supporting internal stakeholders with timely, accurate, and well-documented work.
Work you'll do
As a Services Associate, Contracts and Procurement Services on the GPS Procurement team, you will be responsible for:
- Support competitive bidding activities, including price analysis and cost analysis, to help drive procurement decisions
- Apply sourcing strategies to support business requirements for software, hardware, SaaS solutions, and other commodities
- Provide supply chain insights, projections, and analysis to support procurement planning and decision-making
- Support proposal teams by helping develop bills of materials for software, hardware, and other commodities
- Manage supplier interactions, respond to supplier inquiries, and connect suppliers with the appropriate internal stakeholders
- Monitor supply markets, track category trends, and support supplier relationship management activities
The team
As part of the GPS, team members work collaboratively to ensure that the organization is operating effectively and efficiently, and that it is meeting its goals and objectives. This includes developing and implementing strategic plans, managing budgets and resources, supply chain insights, supply chain projections and analysis, optimizing supply chain processes, ensuring compliance with government regulations and organizational policies, and supporting other departments in their work. The GPS plays a crucial role in enabling an organization to deliver high-quality services to its government and public sector clients.
Location: Hyderabad
Shift Timings: 2 PM to 11 PM
Qualifications
Required:
- Graduate or Postgraduate degree in supply chain, procurement, logistics, business, commerce, or finance
- 1-4 years of Procure-to-Pay experience supporting software, hardware, or Software as a Service purchasing
- Experience supporting competitive bidding, sourcing, price analysis, or cost analysis
- Experience using procurement portals or Procure-to-Pay platforms
- Experience preparing supply chain insights, projections, or data analysis
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience using SharePoint, Power BI, data analytics tools, or artificial intelligence tools
Preferred:
- Experience negotiating value-added reseller agreements
- Experience supporting proposal development or bills of materials for software, hardware, or other commodities
- Experience managing supplier relationships or supplier inquiries
- Experience monitoring supply markets, category trends, or supplier diversity programs
- Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements